Come and Join us – Devon Association of Governance (DAG) election for the Devon Education Forum (DEF)

The Devon Association of Governance (DAG) has vacancies on the Devon Education Forum from January 2026.

The Devon Education Forum (DEF) is made up of representatives from schools and academies, but with some representation from other non-school organisations, such as nursery and 16-19 education providers and officers from the local authority. The forum acts as a consultative body on some issues and a decision-making body on others and at the moment, meets termly, in person or online. Further information on the work of the forum on the webpage Devon Education Forum.

Vacancies exist for:

Primary Maintained Governors

Primary Academy Trustees/Local Governors*

Secondary Maintained Governor

Secondary Academy Trustees/Local Governors*

We are also looking for substitutes for each of the above categories to provide

cover when representatives are unable to attend.

DAG is committed to a transparent and representative election process to ensure that DAG Schools Forum members fully represent DAG constituents in their governor subgroups (primary, secondary, special and academy*).

• Having provided details of the vacancies above today, 3 November 2025 DAG will now ask for names of those wishing to stand for election to be forwarded to [email protected] by 24 November 2025.
• All constituents will then be able to access the election process on the DAG website dagdevon.uk and find details of those standing.  If more than one candidate comes forward for any vacancy, votes will be able to be cast until  9 December 2025.
• Once the election date has passed, the votes will be counted and the result published on the DAG website by 12 December In the event of only the appropriate number of nominees standing, DAG reserves the right to appoint their representatives.  In the event of a tie between two or more candidates, the Local Authority will be asked to appoint the representative.

If you would like further information about any of the above vacancies please contact [email protected].  All DAG representatives to DEF are given DAG Associate status – further information on this can be found in on the DAG website www.dagdevon.uk in the Schools Forum section.

*Note:  Academy representatives represent the proprietor bodies of academies and are, therefore, not necessarily restricted to principals, senior staff or trustees/governors.